Coffee Shop (EXO Xiuhan/Lumin)

Meeting in the rain

Shorter update than usual o.o

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When Minseok had posted his letters, he began to walk home in the rain. And as he slowly wandered, he wondered, for the ‘nth time, how Luhan was doing. It had been nagging in the back of his head for quite a while. Had that gang tracked him up again? What was he doing at the moment? As he thought of him he felt a small tingling in his fingertips, which were numb from holding his umbrella. He shook off the weird feeling, and concentrated on holding his umbrella in an angle that sheltered him from most of the rain.

As he walked he stared at the ground, and didn't notice any of the things happening around him. This, in the end, almost made him crash into an old lady.

"Oh my - I'm really sorry!" he exclaimed as the old lady sent him an evil stare. So Minseok decided to be more careful about his surroundings, after all. And he started to notice all these little things. The way people came and went. All the little shops. On the other side of the street, an old man was getting help from a high schooler over the road. A boy with his head down was sitting on a bench without an umbrella, getting soaked to the bone. His wet hair stuck to his face, and even from this side of the street, Minseok could see that the boy was shivering. It was a little bit weird though. It almost looked like someone he knew. The jacket seemed familiar, as well. And then the boy raised his head, and Minseok realized who it was.

"Luhan!" he exclaimed loudly and ran over the busy street without a second thought. He was probably almost killed by a car twice or so, but didn't care much now. What was Luhan doing there?!

As Minseok shouted his name, Luhan looked up, seemingly surprised by the older, dashing over the road like crazy.

"Minseok!" he said. As fast as Minseok reached Luhan, he sat down beside him, not caring if he got wet. He then put his umbrella over the two of them, securing that Luhan didn't get anymore soaked than he already was. Minseok noticed that he’d been sitting here for quite a while already – there wasn’t a dry spot on him.

"Oh my - Luhan, what are you doing here?!" Minseok asked worried. And he really was. Seeing Luhan like this, he wondered if everything was okay. Luhan was, after all, special to him. To be honest, not even Lay could compare to the feeling Minseok got in the pit of his stomach when he met Luhan. It was weird. Did Minseok's brain think that Luhan was this special? Why? He couldn't wrap his mind around it at all.

Luhan looked down, and then up at Minseok again. And Minseok saw a deep sorrow in his eyes. Something had happened. Something big.

"Luhan, do you want to tell me?" he asked, more softly this time. But Luhan shook his head.

"No," he said, straightening up and putting on a brave front. "It's okay." And Minseok decided to let it be, until Luhan wanted to tell him himself. Minseok hated people pushing him to say things he really didn’t want to say, so he didn’t push other people either. It was all up to them to decide, in the end. That was at least Minseok’ opinion. So they just sat there for a couple of minutes.

Everything changed when Minseok heard someone shout from the other side of the road, blended together with other noises from the street. He didn't really care much about it – he often heard shouting. But Luhan's head bolted up, alerted.

"Oh no," he whispered, and drew the umbrella down in front of their faces. "It's them. They know I'm here. They'll..." He didn't complete his sentence. Minseok heard people running against them, and he knew who Luhan was talking about. They hadn’t been talking about it since the night they met, but he still understood. The not-so-Italian gang. On impulse, he stood up, and took Luhans hand. He folded his umbrella together, and saw the gang running towards them. It was the same people who had chased Luhan that night. So he had been right, after all.

"Fast!" Minseok whispered loudly. "Come with me!" He drew Luhan after him, and ran down the street. Luhan seemed a little bit confused at first, but quickly got into running after a couple of meters. He didn't ask where they were going. And he didn't ask why Minseok was doing it. They just ran for their lives.